Extreme Risk Operations Specialist, EMEA - Trust & Safety
TikTok
- Location
- Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Employment
- Full Time
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Mid
- H-1B history
- 148 approvals (FY2023)
About this role
About the team Our Trust & Safety team's commitment is to keep our online community safe. We have invested heavily in human and machine-based moderation to remove harmful content quickly and often before it reaches our general community. The Extreme Risk Operations (ERO) team assesses and acts on livestream extreme risk content, combining fast intervention with continuous detection improvement to reduce serious harm at scale. We are the first point of interruption and transfer for credible, specific and imminent live stream escalations to the Emergency Response Team and Child Safety Teams for assessment, acting as the first line of defense when dealing with extreme risk on TikTok.
This role will be exposed to harmful content as part of the core role. Some content viewed may violate our community guidelines which include but are not limited to bullying; hate speech; child abuse; sexual assault; torture; bestiality; self-harm; suicide; murder.
What will I be doing? ERO responsibilities: - You will bring operational excellence to a team that handles a large volume of Livestream Escalations and evaluates risk, threats, and user safety in time-critical escalations. - You will provide support to escalations related to sensitive materials and subject matter. - Execute instant decision-making while analyzing a variety of factors that include imminent, dangerous, sensitivities, and graphic content and coordinate with a number of internal partners to ensure user's safety. - You will clearly respond to process and policy questions from internal parties. - You will be working with a cross-functional team, driving improvements to policies and processes within the ERO team. - You are willing and able to maturely work with sensitive issues that include child exploitation, a variety of religious and political views, violence, and adult content. - You will participate in frequent refreshers and new training in order to adhere to relevant SOPs and policies
Live Risk Assessment and Escalation: - You will review videos, posts, comments, user profiles, and live-streaming content according to the policies, workflows, and targets, which may include graphic, violent, explicit, political, profane, and otherwise disturbing content - You will investigate and resolve complex issues regarding content in accordance with SLAs and metrics - You will add accurate metadata/tags to content items, identify and escalate potential risks to relevant teams - This position is part of a team that provides 24/7 support and requires working scheduled shifts, which may include holidays